Either a 87 Fox Body Cougar build up into a nice cruiser or if finding one was impossible, I'd take my poor daily and fix it up the way I want. Unfortunately 10k would mostly go to the engine ....... Viper V-10's are not cheap.
I love those things. I've been looking for a clean one as a project car for a while. Ideally a roller, one of the guys locally has a nice Dart block 347 / T5 combo I'd buy and put in it.
Shit, there's a really clean one that just popped up for $4.5k... 72k original miles.
I'd stay in the Ford engine realm. Since it quite a heavy car, I'd probably spring for a Coyote 5.0 modern engine. I've always loved the scream of a supercharger so I would tack one on. Should have enough umph to get it rolling.I love those things. I've been looking for a clean one as a project car for a while. Ideally a roller, one of the guys locally has a nice Dart block 347 / T5 combo I'd buy and put in it.
Shit, there's a really clean one that just popped up for $4.5k... 72k original miles.
10K could probably net me an unmolested (but in need of work) '70 Ranchero with a 390 and a bare 428 block to build, so that's what I would do. Imma be the king of the trailer park!
Speaking of '70s Fords, I was talking to car collector last summer, and he mentioned how 4 years ago he had the opportunity to buy a '71 Torino Squire with a 429 Super Cobra Jet for $7,500 at an Autorama show and he walked away from it. I'm guessing it wasn't one of the original 6 built, but he said it looked factory fresh. Hes still kicking himsell over not picking it up.
?8k is anout $9.5k. It'll take way more than $500 to ger that running again.
Link? I love looking at odd Foxes.
Link? I love looking at odd Foxes.
Craig just got rid of his "picked up another Mustang" signature. Time for a "picked up a Mercury" one to replace the Focus
That's a very nice example of a Cougar. Difficult to find one at all, let alone in that shape.
I won't be buying anything until I finish this Miata and see if I want to keep it.
I might actually go look at that thing. Plan is to sell the jeep in the spring and buy a summer beater, which for me probably means some sort of foxbody.
What happened to the Miata plan?
I LIKE MUSTANGS
no but really miata's on the table.
Fair enough.
Also while on the topic of Cougars.... http://hooniverse.com/2015/01/05/last-call-coulda-shoulda-woulda-edition/
10/10 would've bought instead of the GT.